Clothes-drier.



. A. e. KENT- CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23 I917- Pafianted Mar. 1.9 ,-191s..

ARTHUR G. KENT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. in, 1918.

Application filed July 23, Serial No. 182,819.

of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this generalcharacter including a plurality of pivotally supported arms m'ounted formovement in a vertical direction and wherein the pivoted end portion ofeach" of the arms'is capable of verti-v cal adjustment independently ofthe remainder of the arms.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device ofth'isgeneral character which includes a supporting plate provided with anelongated trackway or guide rod and with which is slidably engaged abracket carrying a supporting arni and wherein said bracket is providedwith meansfor locking the same at different positions longitudinally ofthe trackway or guide rod.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangemcnt of the several'partsof my improved cl thesdrier w ere n e ai i PQ tant advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and other wise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawingswherein- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a drier constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the device as herein disclosed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly insection illustrating in detail the co-action between a guide rod andbracket as herein disclosed and illustrating a fragment of a supportingbar in lowered or operative position; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating one of myimproved brackets as herein set forth and a co-acting portion of theguide rod.

As'disclosed' in the accompanying drawings 1 denotes an elongated plateadapted to be supported adjacent a stove or other heat generating unitand said plate is provided adjacent its'opp osito ends with the brackets2. Interposed between the brackets 2 and supported thereby are the guiderods 3 arranged substantially in parallelism and positioned apredetermined distance in advance of the plate 1. 1

Slidably engaged with each of the guide rods 3 is a bracket'B and asherein disclosed said bracket B comprises arear plate Thaiing its upperend portion provided with an outwardly directed tongue 5 at substantiallright angles to the plate 4 and which provided with an opening 6through'whi'chthe rod 3 is directed. The opposite orlower end portion ofthe plate 4; is provided with an elongated tongue 7 returnedupon itselfon a predetermined curvature and provided with openings 8 through whichthe-rod 3 is also directed. lhe free end portion 9 of the tongue affordsa finger piece. Tlieelongated tongue 7 possesses -'suflicientinherentresiliency as to cause the walls "or the Qpenings'S tofrictionally enga e'the rod' 3'i'n such a manner as 'to effectually holdthe bracket B against movement longitudinally of'tlie rod 3. lVhen it isdesired to move the bracket '13 along the rod 3 the finger-piece 9is'forced upwardly which results in the openings 8 being so alined as topermit the bracket 13 to be freely moved upon the rod 3.

The bracket B also embodies the forwardly directed side plates 10 whichextend a predetermined distance above the plate 4 and which have theirlower edges defined by the inwardly directed flanges 11. EX-

tending between the side plates 10 is an end portion of a bar 12 whichis pivotally engaged with said plates 10 by the transverse pin 14. Thepin 1a is so positioned relative to the flange 11 as to cause alongitudinal edge of the bar 12 to rest upon the flanges 11 when the bar12 is in substantially a horizontal position so that said bar will bemaintained in said position when desired for use. When the bar 12 is notin use the same is swung upwardly into substantially a vertical positionand is automatically maintained in such position by the frictionalcontact therewith of the side plates 10. The outer margins of the plates10 have their upper From' the foregoing description, it is thought to beobvious that a clothes drier constructed in accordance with my inventionis particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenienceand'facility with which it may be assembled and operated and it willalso be obvious that my invention 7 is susceptible of some change andmodification without materially departing from the principle and spiritthereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several partsherein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except ashereinafter claimed.

I claim: 1. A clothes drier comprising a guideway, a bracket slidablyengaged with the guideway and provided with means for normally holdingthe same against movement longitudinally ofthe guideway, a bar pivotallyengaged with the bracket, said bracket being provided with meansco-acting' with the bar for limiting the same against movement beyondsubstantially the horizontal, said bracket being also provided withmeans for holding the bar substantially vertical.

2. A device ofthe character described including a bracket provided withside plates, the lower margins of the side plates being Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Eatents,

defined by inwardly directed flanges, a bar interposed between theplates and'pivotally supported thereby, said bar contacting with theinwardly directed flanges when at its limit of movement in onedirection, said side plates frictionally engaging the bar formaintaining. the bar at substantially its limit of movement in anopposite direction.

3. A device of the character described comprising a guide rod, a bracketprovided with a perforate tongue through which the guide rod is disposedand with a second elongated resillent tongue returned upon itself on apredetermined curvature, said tongue being provided with openingsthrough which the guide rod is disposed, the free end portion of saidelongated tongue 7 serving as a finger piece, and'a bar operativelyengaged with the bracket.

4. A device of the character described including a bracket provided withside plates,

the lower margins of the side plates being defined by inwardly directedflanges, a bar interposed between the plates and pivotally '7 uppermarginal portion of the side plates being outwardly inclined.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature inthe presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR Gr. KENT.

Witnesses: H

CHAS. E. KENDALL, EARLE A. MAGLEOD.

Washington, D. 0.

